Author/filmmaker, J. Neil Schulman, todayannounced his intention to file a lawsuit for copyright infringement ofhis 1979 novel, Alongside Night, which tells the story of thecollapse of the American economy due to massive government overspendingand the issuing of unbacked money and credit to pay the interest on thenational debt.

Schulman intends to name the United States government as hisprimary defendant. According to Schulman, The United States government both the executive and legislative branches, aided by the courts,have stolen the entire premise  and a lot of the plot  of my novel!

Schulman also intends to name, as co-defendants in hiscopyright infringement lawsuit, the Federal Reserve Bank, the EuropeanUnion, the International Monetary Fund, General Motors, and the countryof Greece.